Political Class Ignores Expert Warnings About Congress’ Spending Addiction
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Phillip Swagel’s office has been producing a stream of reports, analyses and outlooks, all showing that the federal government’s...
The Feds’ Biggest Ponzi Scheme Yet Revealed
As official Washington gears up for an election year budget season, it’s important to review a few salient, and profoundly inconvenient, facts.
In its report...
Countdown To A Fiscal Crisis Continues At Alarming Rate
The Treasury Department reports that the national debt is a growing problem. That’s not news. What is news: $1 trillion in new debt is...
Shutdown Drama Reveals Positive Impact Of Gridlock In Washington
While Congress plays its by-now ritualistic game of chicken with government shutdowns, it’s important to back away from the stage players and look at...
Government Accountability Falters Again: Who’s Really In Charge?
Can the federal government pass an audit? The standing answer has been “no.” And part of that is because Uncle Sam can’t produce financial...
Washington Keeps Failing To Address Impending Fiscal Cliff
The Government Accountability Office has released a new report saying what ought to be obvious to everyone in official Washington: there is an immediate...
Federal Government’s Finances Continue To Deteriorate
The new year begins where the last one ended, at least for the federal government’s finances. They continue to deteriorate, with the pile of...
The Perilous Dance Of Politicians Ignoring The Urgency Of Debt
If most people know anything about the early Christian Saint Augustine, it may be his prayer: "Oh, Master, make me chaste and celibate –...
Penn Study Reveals Precisely How Long We Have To Save Our Country
We’ve come some distance from the days when the cutting-edge thinking among some economists on the left was that deficits didn’t matter and that...
History’s Most Wasteful Military Spending? Office Decor That’s Fit For Royalty
While we’re on the topic of the Department of Defense and how it spends all those hundreds of billions of dollars every year…it looks...
‘Bidenomics’ – US National Debt Passes $33 Trillion For First Time
ANALYSIS – In case some readers weren’t sure, this is a big reason the conservative GOP ‘Freedom Caucus’ is threatening a government shutdown. Thanks...
Diving Into The Election Issue Everyone’s Neglecting
The biggest election issue for 2024 is getting even bigger. It’s the federal deficit, which is expected to balloon to $2 trillion at the...
Will Trump’s Controversial Policy Prescription Be Enough To Win Him Election?
What’s a presidential front-runner to do when the rest of the field is gasping for air/attention/money/relevance?
If you’re Donald Trump, your various advisors are busy...
Longshot Republican Candidate Shares Inconvenient Truths Even Trump Ignores
The second GOP presidential debate is about a month away. That’s plenty of time for the candidates who made the stage for the first...
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